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Working migrant families 'locked out' of funded childcare expansion

Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Tens of thousands of working migrant families are missing out on government funded childcare, human rights campaigners have warned.

DfE to repurpose unused school spaces for childcare

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has revealed plans to pilot the use of surplus school spaces to offer childcare provision as part of its expansion of funded hours.

Childcare leaders question DfE claims of successful rollout of expanded entitlement

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Friday, April 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Early years bodies have questioned government assertions that the rollout of the funded childcare expansion is going to plan and claim that latest data fails to show a complete picture of the reality on the ground.

Three in four primary schools cutting TA numbers despite SEND demand rising

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Friday, April 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Three quarters of primary school headteachers are cutting teaching assistant (TAs) numbers, a survey has found.

Programme launches to distribute £3.6mn to support care leavers

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

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A programme that will see £3.6 million handed to care leavers initiatives across England has been launched.

Children with SEND disproportionately excluded from primary school, research finds

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

| CYP Now

Almost all primary school aged children who experience exclusions have a special educational need or disability (SEND), research has found.

Free Loaves on Fridays: Anthology of 100 care experienced voices published

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

| CYP Now

A new anthology containing the voices of 100 children and adults about their experience in care is now available in bookshops.

North of England councils face ‘£25bn children in care burden’, claims report

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| CYP Now

Councils in the North of England are paying an extra £25bn to place children in care compared with local authorities in the South, a report is claiming.

MPs back plans to tackle youth vaping

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| CYP Now

MPs have backed major plans to tackle youth vaping and smoking including a ban on the marketing of vaping products aimed at children.

Youth work improvement initiative to tackle 'fragmentation' of services

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| CYP Now

An initiative is launching that aims to gather the views of a cross-sector group of 10,000 professionals to find ways to improve support for young people.

Councils face £300mn shortfall in youth homelessness funding

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| CYP Now

English local authorities are facing an annual shortfall of £332 million in youth homelessness funding, economists have warned.

Poorer families in England spending more on childcare costs than in other countries

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| CYP Now

England is one of only a few countries where poorer families spend a higher proportion of their income on childcare than their more well-off peers, new research finds.

DfE scraps social work leadership training scheme

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| CYP Now

A flagship leadership development programme for children’s social workers has been scrapped by the Department for Education because of budget cuts.

ADCS president pledges focus on improving diversity in children’s services

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| CYP Now

The new president of the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has committed to “improving diversity across local authority children’s services” over the coming year.

Falling school rolls spark fears of £1bn funding drop

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Monday, April 15, 2024

| CYP Now

State-funded primary and secondary schools in England are set to lose out on £1 billion of funding by 2030 driven by a projected drop in pupil numbers, researchers warn.

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Working migrant families 'locked out' of funded childcare expansion

DfE to repurpose unused school spaces for childcare

Childcare leaders question DfE claims of successful rollout of expanded entitlement

Three in four primary schools cutting TA numbers despite SEND demand rising

Programme launches to distribute £3.6mn to support care leavers

Children with SEND disproportionately excluded from primary school, research finds

Free Loaves on Fridays: Anthology of 100 care experienced voices published

North of England councils face ‘£25bn children in care burden’, claims report

MPs back plans to tackle youth vaping

Youth work improvement initiative to tackle 'fragmentation' of services

Councils face £300mn shortfall in youth homelessness funding

Poorer families in England spending more on childcare costs than in other countries

DfE scraps social work leadership training scheme

ADCS president pledges focus on improving diversity in children’s services

Falling school rolls spark fears of £1bn funding drop

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